Oxford High School - Ravelins Yearbook (Oxford, MA)

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sne st1ll tr1es to roller skate The next morn1ng we started out to V1S1t the D1str1ct Attorney LOUIS Skarbek He knows all the answers now except one It has been puzzllng h1m for a long tlme He IS st1ll try1ng to find out how long a short c1rcu1t IS Leavmg LOUIG w1th h1s problem we went to a qu1et spot 1n the Clty the Langer Dumont 'VIemor1al Dehydratmg Hospltal The dehydrat1ng stands for wnat happens to your money lf you are a pat1ent there for long They can even get blood fro n a stone To run th1s large hos pltal a large staff 1S needed Beatrlce Faubert Margaret Hur ter and Helen Powers are all on the cler1cal staff Walklng down one of the dark corrldors I thought I saw a fam1l1ar face Enter1ng the room I found 1t was our old classmate Andrew Kennedy He was recover1ng from wounds rece1ved after he Jomed the Fore1gn Leglon Here 1n th1s amazmg Clty, heat must be fur nxshed art1fic1ally There are tremendous fur naces runn1ng full blast To keep these golng we find two old fr1ends Johnny Pa1ge and An drew Gaulm bus1ly employed They re domg a fine job and are earrnng enough money so that they can spend plenty 1n D1nes bowl1ng alleys Walk1ng through the bus1est d1str1ct of the cxty I saw the fxrst pol1ceman I had seen s1nce CI SS We th class of 1944 belng of sound rnnd and una r the 1 rfluenc of DOtl'A1I'1U but sp11ng fever and th CILSS looks pa d out by a teacher now and then do declar th1s to be our first and last w1'l and testament '1 IG any v1lls made pr v1ou ly are now declared by the testatols to be n1ll and VO1d To the Faculty We leave earmuffs to wear th1S summer to cond1t1on the1r eardrums fo1 the death llke sllence that w1ll fall over the school IH September To our dear Alma Matel We bequ :th OU1 footprmts on th ta1rs our flngerp 1nt on tne furmture black m rks 11 the detent1o book red marks on tne 1eport cards and anytlnng else the class XVIQIIGS to leave 1n safe hands Page Tw enty Three P I entered th1S strange place It was Officer Hazzard The man power shortage was so severe 1n our class that we had to let the wom en do everythlng The beauty shop IS operated by Clalre Sands She does good face lrftmg Jobs at a reasonable more popular than Harr1et DHVIS and movlng bus1ness No because there are no commun1ty prlce Her ha1rdos are those of Veron1ca Lake Be1n1ce Dav1s are 1n the one ever moves very far roads lead1ng out of th1s Irene P1ette owns a dress shop on the mam street When she fir t came here she trled ell1ng 1nsurance but no one seemed to care for any Ray and I then went to the prlnter s to have h1m put an announcement 1n the paper of a class reun1on to be held the followmg evenlng Ray and I got a few surDr1ses ready for our olo fr1ends As we were walk1ng to the Aud1tor1um the next evemng I began to feel d1ZZy I tr1pped and fell I was more dazed than ever Com1ng out of the daze I real1zed I was 1n a Red Cross hosp1tal on an 1sland IH the PaC1fIC My pllot fr1ends were all gathered around my bed won der1ng when 1 d come to FRANCIS BARIL Class Prophet NVILI whlle they vcnture out 1nto the cold cruel world To the Junx r Cla s All our good Jucffrnent and knowledge Q uch 'ts It 1 Lownng hom mo1 onsj on how to be successful as we have been 1n passlng the SCDIOI Year leave 1 s t of d States H1s hmve to say Please repe t th tt for Kenneth 1n the back seat To the Sophomore Class We megaphone so that 1n the Unxt tory class M Pottle W1ll not To the Freshman Class We set a standard fo1 5 ou to l1ve up to by 1947 Although you are now gettung ove1 your greenness you may ye act w1se use good Judgm nt but know noth 1ng 1 - - , - L A . b . . ' ' 11 . -1 . . . . , 1 . . 1' . ' - - - ' ' . s . , A . . . :J , . ' p l , , . . . , - . . . . , p . , - . . . . , . A , , . . . . . . . . , . - . v, 7 , . Y A Y 1 1 AA L K J , S c , - 1 1 J, ' and body, twe assure you we oo have nnndsj - . V 'y fx ' L ' ' ' 43 . . 1 Q - 1 5513 V .a . .O. . f , ' C Q- . 1, 5' - 4 ' 5, .L A ' '- . 1 ' I - c , 1. I . X Q ' C- ' ' c-. - ., . 1 ' ' I ': - -- . T .1 ' ' ' ' - 2 - S - ' 3 ' ' - ' ' ' , v l 1 1, 1 - , . . - 5- f f ' - a . f I va : cz ' I ' 1 . L - ,,- 1 . v ' - 1: S , - - S - ' - ' ' . u v v A ' , a 1 - . 11 - . A . ' ' . ' ' 4 ' Q - 1 1- Y N' ' A .,. I' IL. . - Y , P oc .

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upon the cheek of one of the native girls In these lslands a klss IS something serious lNow George IS the first married man 1n our squad ron Dur1ng the next week we had to make patrol Hlghts On one of these we slghted some Jap bombers We didnt see their Hghtei escort which aporfmached us from the sun The next thlng I heard was the crashlng of bullets agalnst my plane The plane went into a sp1n and I blacked out The next thmg I knew I was walking the streets of Oxford Everything seemed differ ent The houses were different Other scen ery had changed also except the town dump At the center of town I bought a paper There wasnt a familiar name in it Returning toward home I stumbled and fell through a trap door I then received the sur prise of my life I was now 1n an underground city As I walked down the ma1n thoroughfare a strange veh1cle approached me On lt were many slgns which said Reelect Raymond Druker for the fifth term as Mayor To my surprlse I saw Ray sitting in the back seat of the contraptlon When he had h1s chauffeur pull over to the curb I had a long talk with him I asked him where he got the new type veh1cle and he told me that the greatest chem 1st and inventor of all t1me George Berth1aume had made It for h1m George had the most modern drug store ln the country It IS man aged by Janet Chambers Ray then started to show me the town Looking at a slgn I noticed It sa1d Roosevelt was running for seventh term The year is 1956 To our right there was an enormous bullding On the front a slgn 1n 1l lumxnated letters read M1ch Blind Date Cor poratlon Inslde the bulldlng M1ch IS still waltxng for one bllnd date that will please h1m He had many efficlent secretaries 1nclud1ng V1CtOf1a Smolenskl and Alice Stelmack Ray and I then left this buildmg and went on down the street He took me on one of the side streets where I saw one of the largest farms I had ever seen It sDec1al1zed in hogs Stanley Dudek owns one of the biggest pig geries IH the world After leavmg Stanley we went to the bowlmg alleys Wh1Ch had elec trlcally operated pm boys These were the prlde and Joy of Charlie D1nes He made his fortune skunk hunting and had the alleys erect ed Wlth the lnterest from h1s money Ray then told me that a circus was going to be put on 1n the aud1tor1um in the evening At the gateway of the c1rcus were two old class mates sellmg tickets Constance Bell and Patty Jacques COHHIG lets all men 1n Army unlforms in fre and Patty does llk8WlS9 to the Navy The c11 cus was run w1thout any dis turbances It didnt seem natural to have any crowd behave so well I was told that they all were afraid of the bouncers Looking over 1n the corner of tle tent I saw the bouncers dressed IH fancy flashy uniforms To my amazement they wore dresses Looking closer I recognlzed them as Doris Coonan and Therese Roberts It was the first t1me that I ever saw either of them w1th a serious look on their faces The mam act featured two women l1on tamers The cage contamed forty four of the most feroclous lions I have ever seen Into the cage walked the two women When they turned 1n my dlrectlon I recognized Helen Babbltt and Hazel Strader The lions d1d Just as they were told The girls had them wrapped right around thelr little fingers Thls takes years of practlce and they certainly had lt Doris D1mock does a great aer1al act She 1m1tates one of the Army glider planes In the row ID front of me Helen Bourn was s1tt1ng w1th her husband She looked very happy On my right was a man 1n a naval uniform It was David Berggren I asked h1m what h1s ratmg was He told me that just yes terday he recelved h1s commlsslon as captam The Navy had launched a boat and had given Davld full charge Ray and I then went to a Slde show wh1ch featured a m1dget family Not one of the elght chlldren was over three feet tall The manager was Herby Buxton Now I thought I had seen everythmg but 1n the next tent was Her cules II Constance Prefontalne l1ft1ng 1000 lb dumb bells When the c1rcus was over we dropped 1n at the nearest restaurant for a b1te to eat A slgn on the door Sald Patty Thayer Prop Th1s was enough to tell me that good food was served The radio 1n the restaurant was tuned in to the local station DING oper ated by Donald Bell He does all the broad casting he wants n w At twelve thirty A M he features an opera singer whose volce I lmme d1ately recognlzed as that of Marlon Strader After hearing enough of th1s we proceeded to the Mayor s hotel S1tt1r1g at the desk was the manager Grace Stafford I noticed her arm was 1n a sling Inquirmg I found out that +54 Page Twenty Two 1 1 . 1 . v: ' I . . D . . s. v . . . - Q . , ' I ' 4 1 4 ' ' ' . . . . . - v . 9 v ' . . , . , . . . , . . - , . . . . . 1 . . . a D , . . . . . . H ' H ' y . . . I Q f - , I 7 . - - . Q . , ' . , ' . . H . . V - ' . ,, . . . . . . . . - ' 1 1 1 v - - s . . . - - as . , . ,. . . - - 9 1 ' I , u . ' . . ' 1 . , . . . , . ' 1

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To th followlrg 1nd1v1duals wc bequeath some of ou1 mo 1 p 1zed possessions To Edlth Babbxt Gr ce St3flO1dS pos1t1on as Mr Sannella offl e worker and rlght hand 1r To Charles Bacon Half the names 1F Petel MlCh s black book lor wnen Pete Goes 1nto the Navy An Corps he won t have t me 1n whlch to wr1te to them all To Gordon Bigelow George Th1beault leaves hls pos1t1on as class wolf although he pre tends to act sheeplsh To Constance Bourn We leave the posl lon of class angel After all somebody has to be good 1n the Senxor Class To Phyllis Brooks Helen Bourn s ab1l1ty to come to see, and to conquer To Phlhp Bugbee Francxs B 1r1l s front seat 1n home room If It changes Ph1l1p to an oppo 1te temperament as lt dld F1 JDCIS Phll w1ll be a class p1oblem Clllld candy seller, but we hope Jean wont eat as much of the profits as Patty dxd To Clalre Desy Hazel Stradel and Con stance Prefontame glve les ons on How to be fa1thful to your one and only To Arthur Devault Abxhty to sell l1fe 1n surance so h1 fuends w1ll feel safe to r1de 1n lus car To Robert Estes We g1ve the pos1t1on as class actor for aft r the play, Mass Jlmmy we 1eal1ze he nas plenty of ab1l1ty thot only actlng abllnyj To Eddie Fortln A httle of Popeye s energy so he can blow square smoke r1ngs and thus make use of lus talent To Marshall Greene Ray Druker s ab1l1ty to get a teacher off on a tangent when he hasnt h1s homework p operly prepaled To Evely 1 Halsdorff We leave the pos1t1on as Class Qu1z K1d Two que txons she ll have to answer to quahfy 'ure W1ll Roosevelt run for a fif h te m and Who k1lled H1tler'7 To Doris Hazzard Ma' 1on Straders ab1l1ty to w1n fI'16l1ClS al d mfluence people espec1ally of the opp xt ex To Murlel Kemp Aluea Dumont SIVCS her bOVJl1l'lg ablll y then Murlel can take on any one 1n th school except Mr Sannella 'Ind feel confident of xx 1n1 mg To Theresa LaPlante Hal lOl Dav1s and Cl 1re Sal ds b1l1ty to drlve a car xuthout mak1ng a telephone Dol look llke 3 000 000 000 toothplcks To Theodore LeBlanc Andrew Kennedys ab1l1ty to show movles at just the rlght tlme to m1ss Engllsh class To Martha Lincoln Constance Bell s ab1l1ty to keep up everybody s morale She also be queaths her the horse hnxment that she uses on her wrxters cramps To Alfred Meruer John Rogers and Charley Dlnes leave the1r luck of meetmg up wlth skunks before commg to class thus supplymg the puplls Wltl a new and pungent perfume for the rest of the day To Theresa Murray Dor1s D1mock leaves her cute glggle so she can entertaln her chums durlng any dull moment To Joyce Palge Therese Robert and V1c tor1a Smolensk1 g1ve thelr enthuslasm to buy war stamps Wlth thelr pm money and thus l1Ve up to the slogan Buy bonds and p1n down the AXIS To Theresa Perry and Betty Bugbee A llttle of Pattv Thayer s and Margaret Hunter s helght so that they ll be able to see more than the top of Mxss Gahagan s head over those 1mmense senlor desks To Ethel Plette Her s1sters and Beatrlce Faubert s ab1l1ty to always look as lf they had just stepped out of a band box To Lorrame Robert Dor1s Coonans and Irene Hazzards energy and unusual sense of humor To Kenneth Schofield We glve a contract to xnstall hls super deluxe fire extlngulshers IH the school They not only put out the fire but g1ve you a shower at the same t1me To Irene Stelmack Her sxster s and Bernlce Dav1s ab1l1ty to be qulet and most respected To Harold Stone Herbert Buxton s pr1de 1n being the tallest and most looked up to boy 1n the class -if Page Twenty Four 'J 1 ' f L v A t - ' ' S- r 1 'z -z - . - . . , K ' ' L: a' ' ' Q ' 1' . . . . s c. f - - . . .' ' 7 g l. - A 9. 1 . D .. . h V. E u v 1 ' , I 1 r . - - - e . , . ,T , , I - , 1 1 1 -, D ' ' v 1- 3 f 1 . . . i , . . Q - ' o l , . . 7 . , - ' l I 9 - . 1 - - .' . , . y . I , . g s . - Q 7 : 2 - ' 1- 1 s , . 'B , , . . To Jean Coonan: Patty Jacques pos1t1on as . , . 1 . U , . . .Q U . . . . . 97 ' N l . 1 I . . f I - ,, 1 5 I ' - ' . . 4 1 7 ! ' . . . ' 1 G I 4 AL ' ' 37 ' 7 ' , . e . , . , , . , - . . .L 1 , . . , . . , , l , , , . . . ' . - , - 1 , . . , Y ' 1' ' . . - - . ' . t . . . . . . . . . , , A . , . . Q ' 1 - as ' ' C C 7 ' 11 tx ' ' V7 t Y . - . - 1 - , , , . . . , . . . . - T 1 . 1 - - os' e S . . ' . . - 1 ' , -